Huh...we've hit the earth's limits to feed us?
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BELIEVING IS
SEEING
THETHREE
S’sOF A SCARCITY-MIND
SeparatenessStasis
Scarcity
SCARCITY MINDNot enough goods or
goodness
SPIRAL OFPOWERLESSNESS
Almost everything—from food to
energy—is scarce
Humans are
selfish & competitive
So we’re
incapable of coming together for the common
goodTherefore we can’t trust government
We must rely on the market, one bringing highest return to wealthy
So wealth inexorably concentrates
Concentrated wealth bends government to serve its ends
Power inequities worsen & more people experience scarcity
Fear, blame & competition intensify
“[T]he liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism….”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, speaking to the U.S. Congress, 1938
SCARCITY MIND ECOMIN
DSeparateness
StasisScarcity
ConnectionContinuous changeCo-creation
TO
TO
TO
TO
ECO-MINDAligning with nature, there’s
plenty of goods & goodness
SPIRAL OFEMPOWERMENT
Humans have the need &
capacity for fairness,
cooperation & efficacy
So we’re capable of
deliberative problem solving
And we can
remove the power of money from
politics
Freed from the grip of private wealth, government answers to citizens
Democratically set rules ensure transparency & dispersion of power
Markets remain open, competitive & life-serving
“Living democracy” shapes rules aligned with nature, including our own
Needs are met, fear recedes & trust grows
Women farmers pledge to protect the biodiversity conserved by their elders
Photo: Deccan Development Society
Part of a wider “nonpesticide movement” in 8,000 villages in Andhra Pradesh, India
Deb SimpsonState Senator, ME
Citizens Participate in GovernanceCitizen Juries shape direction of agriculture, Mali
Food Policy Councils collaborate on solutions, USA & Canada
Village groups (w/10 million families) manage forests, India
Municipal participatory budgeting engages citizens, Brazil & beyond
WITH ANECO-MIND… It’s not possible to
know what’s possible
So we are free
We are free to go for the world we want